Offering best of both worlds

Michigan City's Sheridan Beach: Off the beaten path, but not too far

MICHIGAN CITY -- Park at the end of California Avenue, among the homes and cottages nestled against the backside of the low dune. See the trail? Take it. Ascend to the top, past the windblown trees and swaying beach grass. Pause. Listen to wave after wave crash and die on the shore. Take in the panoramic view. Observe the stoic light, alone in the distance to the west. And to the east, the windswept beach stretching to the horizon.